Example sentences of "[noun] which only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McGeechan believes that Sole has set standards of performance with his pace and mobility in the loose which only a handful of British players , such as Brian Moore of England , are currently emulating . |
| 2 | ‘ Not at all , ’ she replied , feeling at once alive and full to the brim with the enthusiasm which only a minute ago had been nowhere about . |
| 3 | His face stony and voice at times shaky , Mr Hewson said his Liberal-National conservative coalition would review proposals which only a day earlier he had fervently promoted . |
| 4 | Their bodies , although all different , had a sort of common denominator ugliness which only a group of undressed men can produce . |
| 5 | It is felt as a tussle of will , a powerful urge to transgress standards of thought or behaviour which only a part of us declares as inviolable . |
| 6 | What a turnaround for a Government which only a couple of years ago actually raised more money than it spent and was dedicated to not borrowing . |
| 7 | With an ill-fated exuberance which only a government in its last stages could achieve , Lloyd George succeeded in assembling five nominations for peerages , four of which were alleged to be discreditable . |
| 8 | Football has become a substitute for patriotism amongst the disaffected , half-educated white working-class youth of a nation which only a generation ago was respected and feared throughout the world . |